Chicago parking by block · Avondale · Ward 30

Parking at 3550 N Lawndale Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 N Lawndale Ave. Everything here is from City records — 22,106 parking tickets written across 130 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, September 22

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 103

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

3810 W Belmont Ave (9 min walk) · 3809 W Belmont Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 1. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 3550 N Lawndale Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3100 N Ridgeway Ave alone took 389 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,941 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

3100 N Ridgeway Ave — 389 tickets, 10 min walk S
3100 N Monticello Ave — 317 tickets, 9 min walk S
3600 W School St — 258 tickets, 6 min walk S

Permit zones6,977 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

3800 W Roscoe — 447 tickets, 5 min walk SW
3300 N Central Park Ave — 405 tickets, 6 min walk SE
3200 N Monticello Ave — 397 tickets, 7 min walk S

Plate checks3,574 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

3300 N Ridgeway Ave — 416 tickets, 4 min walk S
3200 N Lawndale Ave — 312 tickets, 7 min walk S
3300 N Lawndale Ave — 279 tickets, 4 min walk S

Posted restrictions3,046 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

3400 N Pulaski Rd — 518 tickets, 8 min walk W
3200 N Pulaski Rd — 501 tickets, 10 min walk SW
3300 N Pulaski Rd — 386 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Metered blocks2,315 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

3100 N Hamlin Ave — 704 tickets, 9 min walk S
3100 N Milwaukee Ave — 616 tickets, 10 min walk S
3900 W School St — 421 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3810 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk S
3809 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk S
3230 N Milwaukee Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 103 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 3 cameras nearby.
Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.

The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.

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Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward 30, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.